‘Meatballs’ Destroys ‘Informant!’ — Audiences Want Optimism, Positivity

Given the huge advertising and publicity push, plus the presence of star actor Matt Damon (Bourne spy film series) and star director Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s series of heist films), I thought The Informant! had a good chance to win the box office sweepstakes during its opening days this past weekend.

I considered that a potentially baleful eventuality, considering that the new comedy seemed likely to be very anti-business, given the scenes shown in the trailers and the presence of politically active Damon and Soderbergh (director of Che, which lionized the Cuban Marxist revolutionary). I haven’t seen it yet, and so will reserve judgment on that score, but perhaps it makes sense that although The Contender did better than expected, it was clobbered by the animated comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. (more…)

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Posted Sep 25th 2009 at 9:57 am in Culture, Film | 23214249 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/09/25/meatballs-destroys-informant-audiences-want-optimism-positivity/%27Meatballs%27+Destroys+%27Informant%21%27+--+Audiences+Want+Optimism%2C+Positivity2009-09-25+16%3A57%3A21S.T.+Karnick